AC/DC discography

Australian rock band AC/DC have released 18 studio albums, two soundtrack albums, three live albums, one extended play, 57 singles, 11 video albums, 52 music videos and two box sets. Although many AC/DC singles have been released, the band refused to issue any greatest hits albums. Who Made Who, which served as the soundtrack to Stephen King's film Maximum Overdrive, Iron Man 2 and the band's various live recordings are the closest they have issued to such a compilation.

Brothers Angus (lead guitar) and Malcolm Young (rhythm guitar) formed AC/DC in 1973. The band released two albums in Australasia before issuing their first international album, High Voltage in 1976; the Youngs had been joined by vocalist Bon Scott, bass guitarist Mark Evans and drummer Phil Rudd. In 1980, less than a year after the appearance of the successful Highway to Hell, Scott died and was replaced by English singer Brian Johnson, with whom AC/DC released their best-selling album, Back in Black. The album Black Ice, from 2008, reached number one in 29 countries. In 50 years of their career, AC/DC have sold over 200 million albums worldwide, roughly 100 million in the United States. Back in Black sold 50 million copies worldwide, and became the second best-selling album in history.

Verizon made AC/DC albums available for digital download in 2007; for five years the band refused to release their albums via iTunes, as that company allows downloading of individual tracks. Angus Young observed, "We honestly believe the songs on any of our albums belong together. If we were on iTunes, we know a certain percentage of people would only download two or three songs from the album – and we don't think that represents us musically." However, in November 2012, the band relented and released their entire discography via iTunes. On 30 June 2015, their catalogue appeared on Spotify for the first time, which made their works available for streaming. Their most certified singles in the US are "You Shook Me All Night Long" and "Back in Black" (both 1980) – each have received 3× platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2019. In Australia, "Thunderstruck" (1990) was accredited 10× platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2022.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Soundtrack albums

Box set albums

Extended plays

Singles

Videos

Video albums

Music videos

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling music artists

Notes

References

Further reading

• Dome, Malcolm (1982). AC/DC. Proteus Books. ISBN 978-0-86276-011-3.
• Bunton, Richard (1983). AC/DC: Hell Ain't No Bad Place to Be. Omnibus. ISBN 978-0-7119-0082-0.
• Holmes, Tim (1986). AC/DC – Monsters of Metal. Ballantine. ISBN 978-0-345-33239-4.
• Huxley, Martin (1996). AC/DC: The World's Heaviest Rock. Lightning Source Inc. ISBN 978-0-312-30220-7.
• Stenning, Paul (2005). AC/DC: Two Sides to Every Glory. Chrome Dreams. ISBN 978-1-84240-308-2.

External links

• AC/DC discography at MusicBrainz
• AC/DC discography at Discogs